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Originally Posted by cthulu23
Quibbling over whether 100 helicopters constitutes "plenty" is besides the point. It is more then a little disingenuous to accuse the UN of coddling butchers when our own government supported that very same butcher (and plenty of others, as well).
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We supported him because he was fighting Iran at the time (a US enemy) and that was well before the Gulf war and his campaign of genocide against the Kurds. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. It's every country's policy, get over it. Furthermore, what the hell were we supposed to do? Whip out our magical crystal ball and see that in ten years time, Saddam would become a total jerkwad? Sorry, but things don't work like that.
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Last edited by Bodyhammer86; 10-04-2004 at 12:17 PM..
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